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Dzonot Concerto with Rafael Payare and the San Diego Symphony, and FRAGMENTS in Germany

To end the season, Alisa reprises Gabriela Ortiz’s Dzonot  concerto for the second time this spring with Rafael Payare conducting the San Diego Symphony (May 9–10).

Premiered with Gustavo Dudamel leading the Los Angeles Philharmonic in fall of 2024, was released last summer on the composer’s GRAMMY-winning album Yanga, when Gramophone reported: “Weilerstein and the Los Angelenos play Dzonot with such conviction and technical mastery that I did a double take when I read in the booklet that this recording is taken from the premiere performances.”

Weilerstein brings FRAGMENTS to Germany, performing FRAGMENTS 3 – Emergence at Germany’s stARTfestival in Leverkusen (May 19);

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San Diego Symphony Tour, Schubert, and FRAGMENTS

Alisa Weilerstein rejoins Rafael Payare with the San Diego Symphony, performing Dvořák’s Cello Concerto on a tour that culminates at Carnegie Hall (Oct 6–13). She then joins pianist Inon Barnatan and violinist James Ehnes where she gives all-Schubert performances in Richmond, Virginia (Oct 27) and Seattle (Oct 29).

The fall season culminates with four performances of her acclaimed multisensory solo cello project “FRAGMENTS”, with performances at Boston’s Celebrity Series (Nov 5), the Maison symphonique de Montréal (Nov 10), the California Festival in Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles (Nov 15) and the La Jolla Music Society (Nov 16).

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Berlin, Rochester, and Barcelona

Alisa Weilerstein opens her fall season with two Berlin performances of Grawemeyer Award winner Unsuk Chin’s Cello Concerto – at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden and in the Berliner Philharmonie as part of Musikfest Berlin – under the baton of her husband, Rafael Payare (Sep 7 & 8).

After Berlin, Weilerstein is set to perform Elgar’s Cello Concerto for the opening of the Rochester Philharmonic’s centennial season under Music Director Andreas Delfs (Sep 21 &

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